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In memory of Mahatma Gandhi |
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On the 30th of January India remembered Gandhi's 60th year of being assassinated.
What does it mean to be an Indian and Catholic together?
To be an Indian and a Catholic is a challenge. In my country, Catholics are a minority. It is a pluralistic, multi-cultural society. Christians are only 2.3%, Hindus are 82%, Muslims are 13% and the remaining 3% are people of other faiths. With growing fundamentalism in the world and in India, it has become more and more challenging to witness our faith. In January 2008, on their recent trips to India, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy where shown all that is positive about India, which will soon take its place among the world’s leading economies. There was no reference to Hindu nationalists that are terrorizing Christians in many areas, for example the poor Christians in Kandhamal, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. During the Christmas season, a time of rejoicing for Christians, there was a vicious and unwarranted attack by fundamentalist forces. Some hard-line extremist Hindus, armed with guns and knives went on a rampage, setting fire to churches and chasing Christians out of their homes. By December 26, nine Christians were killed; churches, convents, presbyteries, hostels and seminaries were destroyed, affecting 5000 people. The All India Christian Council , an umbrella group of churches called the attack the worst case of anti-Christian violence in India since independence in 1947. There is a total breakdown of law and order machinery intended to prevent such crimes against humanity. According to the All India Catholic Union report, there were four cases a week of reported attacks against Christians in 2007. Full text in English En mémoire au Mahatma Gandhi
En memoria de Mahatma Gandhi In memoria del Mahatma Gandhi Zum Gedenken an Mahatma Gandhi |
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Provincial Promoters of Justice in Peace Meet in Brussels |
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March 2008 (Brussels) - In a windy and cold Brussels seven Provincial Promoters of Justice and Peace from the provinces of Western and Central Europe came together during the very first days of March 2008. Not by chance, but invited by br Prakash Lohale and br Michel Vanaerde.
The reunion had a purpose. No, two actually. Firstly, to discuss and start to define recommendations for a definition of the role of Dominican Provincial Promoters of Justice and Peace in Europe. Secondly, to profit from the fact being in Brussels, and get to know some of the institutions of the European Union.
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Dominican Sisters Urgent Pressure U.S. Congress |
 DOMINICAN SISTERS TO PUT URGENT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS TO RELIEVE THE IRAQI REFUGEE CRISIS
“The people of Iraq are facing one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time. Millions of Iraqis have been uprooted by violence. Families like ours need food, medicine and shelter.” April, 2008 - Dominican Sisters from across the United States will be represented in Washington, DC in April to urgently call on Congress to immediately improve U.S. efforts to resettle Iraqi refugees. In 2007 the United States fell far short of its promise to permanently resettle 7,000 Iraqis and already the promise to resettle 12,000 Iraqis in 2008 is showing a dismally slow start. Approximately 2,500 of the promised 7,000 were resettled in 2007.
"Everyday I hear the stories of refugees whose families have been torn apart by violence and displacement," said Sister Beth Murphy, OP, Dominican Sister of Springfield, IL, who has recently been working with Iraqi refugees outside of Detroit, MI. "These families' dreams and hopes for a happy future for their children are not worth less than the dreams and hopes of American families. The terrible reality of this war is that it is putting at risk the futures of millions of children, in Iraq, in the United States, and around the world."
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Dominicans for Justice & Peace Statements |
Dominicans for Justice and Peace at the U.N. regularly intervenes in meetings at the United Nations and other international organizations. Read more
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Statement on the Death of Chaldean Archbishop Rahho |
17 March 2008 (http://www.domlife.org/dlc/) - The Dominican Leadership Conference (DLC) is deeply saddened and outraged
by the death of Monsignor Paulos Faraj Rahho, the Chaldean Archbishop
of Mosul, Iraq, who was kidnapped on February 29, 2008. Archbishop
Rahho’s kidnapping and murder is an offense against God and
the values held dear in Christianity and Islam. We extend our sincerest
condolences to all the Christians of Iraq in this difficult and
painful time and promise them our prayers and solidarity.
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Dominicans condemn assassination of Bishop Rahho |
 13 March 2008 (http://un.op.org) - The body of Bishop Faraj Rahho, Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul (Northwestern Iraq) was found buried in the surroundings of the city Thursday, March 13, 2008. He had been abducted the evening of Friday, February 29 by armed men as he was returning to his home after a religious ceremony.
Present in Iraq for several centuries, the Dominican Order firmly condemns the abduction and assassination of Bishop Faraj Rahho, a man of God devoted to peace, to dialogue and to the service of his people.
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